9 Best fantasy books like The Restless Girls by Jessie Burton

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The Restless Girls

By: Jessie Burton

4.01

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

For the twelve daughters of King Alberto, Queen Laurelia's death is a disaster beyond losing a moth…

"Sometimes a feeling can be as true as fact."

-Jessie Burton, The Restless Girls

"Sometimes a feeling can be as true as fact."

-Jessie Burton, The Restless Girls

"Sometimes a feeling can be as true as fact."

-Jessie Burton, The Restless Girls

"They knew now that the dark was simply the beginning of new things. The dark was necessary."

-Jessie Burton, The Restless Girls

If you liked the fantasy plot in The Restless Girls by Jessie Burton , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Jumanji

By: Chris Van Allsburg

4.05

Format: 31 pages, Hardcover

The game under the tree looked like a hundred others Peters and Judy had at home... But they wer… read more

Similar categories in Chris Van Allsburg's Jumanji book and Jessie Burton's The Restless Girls

  • fantasy
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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2. The Suitcase Kid

By: Jacqueline Wilson , Nick Sharratt

3.69

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Andrea West’s parents are divorced, and her tiny stuffed rabbit, Radish, seems her only comfort in … read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Wilson's The Suitcase Kid book and Jessie Burton's The Restless Girls

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult

3. The May Bride

By: Suzannah Dunn

3.73

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Jane Seymour is a shy, dutiful fifteen-year-old when her eldest brother, Edward, brings his bride h… read more

Similar categories in Suzannah Dunn's The May Bride book and Jessie Burton's The Restless Girls

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4. October, October

By: Katya Balen

4.38

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A classic in the making for anyone who ever longed to be WILD. October and her dad live in the w… read more

Similar categories in Katya Balen's October, October book and Jessie Burton's The Restless Girls

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"It is my story and it is our story and it isn't perfect and it isn't finished but it is whole."

-Katya Balen, October, October

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5. The Final Year

By: Matt Goodfellow

4.71

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Life can be tough in your last year of primary school. Tests to take, preparing for the change to h… read more

Similar categories in Matt Goodfellow's The Final Year book and Jessie Burton's The Restless Girls

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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6. The Household

By: Stacey Halls

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the Women's Prize Futures Award, the captivating, hi… read more

Similar categories in Stacey Halls's The Household book and Jessie Burton's The Restless Girls

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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7. The Maiden

By: Kate Foster

4.05

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by a real-life case and winner of the Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect Award, Kate Foster's T… read more

Similar categories in Kate Foster's The Maiden book and Jessie Burton's The Restless Girls

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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8. Tajemnica domu w Bielinach (Klub Kwiatu Paproci, #1)

By: Katarzyna Berenika Miszczuk

3.78

Format: 237 pages, Hardcover

Pierwsza książka dla dzieci napisana przez autorkę słowiańskich bestsellerów! Kwiat paproci dla mło… read more

Similar categories in Katarzyna Berenika Miszczuk's Tajemnica domu w Bielinach (Klub Kwiatu Paproci, #1) book and Jessie Burton's The Restless Girls

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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9. Slade House

By: David Mitchell

3.81

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

Keep your eyes peeled for a small black iron door. Down the road from a working-class British p… read more

Similar categories in David Mitchell's Slade House book and Jessie Burton's The Restless Girls

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Coffee’s the elixir of life."

-David Mitchell, Slade House

"In racy Victorian novels, beware of young widows."

-David Mitchell, Slade House

"It takes more than holding hands and singing ‘Ebony and Ivory’."

-David Mitchell, Slade House

"Truth has this habit of changing after the fact, don't you find?"

-David Mitchell, Slade House

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10. Katheryn Howard: the Scandalous Queen (Six Tudor Queens, #5)

By: Alison Weir

4.09

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir tells the tragic story of Henry VIII's fifth… read more

Similar categories in Alison Weir's Katheryn Howard: the Scandalous Queen (Six Tudor Queens, #5) book and Jessie Burton's The Restless Girls

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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11. Katharine Parr: The Sixth Wife (Six Tudor Queens, #6)

By: Alison Weir

4.23

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

Two husbands dead; a life marred by sadness. And now Katharine is in love for the first time in her… read more

Similar categories in Alison Weir's Katharine Parr: The Sixth Wife (Six Tudor Queens, #6) book and Jessie Burton's The Restless Girls

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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12. The Blue, Beautiful World

By: Karen Lord

3.00

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

As first contact transforms the Earth, a group of gifted visionaries race to create a new future in… read more

Similar categories in Karen Lord's The Blue, Beautiful World book and Jessie Burton's The Restless Girls

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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13. Cecily

By: Annie Garthwaite

4.11

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

"Rebellion?" The word is a spark. They can start a fire with it, or smother it in their fingertips… read more

Similar categories in Annie Garthwaite's Cecily book and Jessie Burton's The Restless Girls

  • feminism
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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14. Upon a Frosted Star

By: M.A. Kuzniar

3.58

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

When the snow falls, she will be free… The invitations always arrive the same way – without warn… read more

Similar categories in M.A. Kuzniar's Upon a Frosted Star book and Jessie Burton's The Restless Girls

  • retellings
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"...magic does not belong solely to the young."

-M.A. Kuzniar, Upon a Frosted Star

"...all I want, all I could ever need, is you."

-M.A. Kuzniar, Upon a Frosted Star

"A life was so fragile, spun from magic impossible to understand..."

-M.A. Kuzniar, Upon a Frosted Star

"For their was no finer family than the one you had chosen yourself."

-M.A. Kuzniar, Upon a Frosted Star

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15. Rizzio

By: Denise Mina

3.87

Format: 118 pages, Hardcover

From the multi-award-winning master of crime, Denise Mina delivers a radical new take on one of the… read more

Similar categories in Denise Mina's Rizzio book and Jessie Burton's The Restless Girls

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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16. Like a Curse

By: Elle McNicoll

4.21

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Stuck in Loch Ness while Edinburgh falls under the control of a terrifyingly powerful Siren, Ramya … read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's Like a Curse book and Jessie Burton's The Restless Girls

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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17. Proud of Me

By: Sarah Hagger-Holt

3.99

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Becky and Josh are almost-twins, with two mums and the same anonymous donor dad. Josh can't wait… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Hagger-Holt's Proud of Me book and Jessie Burton's The Restless Girls

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of In the Shadow of Queens: Tales from the Tudor Court by Alison Weir

18. In the Shadow of Queens: Tales from the Tudor Court

By: Alison Weir

4.02

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Behind every great king stands a queen. And behind every queen, the whole court watches on... Ov… read more

Similar categories in Alison Weir's In the Shadow of Queens: Tales from the Tudor Court book and Jessie Burton's The Restless Girls

  • fiction
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19. The King's Witches

By: Kate Foster

4.22

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

The King’s Witches by Kate Foster is a gripping and beautiful historical novel, giving an unforgett… read more

Similar categories in Kate Foster's The King's Witches book and Jessie Burton's The Restless Girls

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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20. The Restless Girls

By: Jessie Burton

4.01

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

For the twelve daughters of King Alberto, Queen Laurelia's death is a disaster beyond losing a moth… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Burton's The Restless Girls book and Jessie Burton's The Restless Girls

  • fairy tales
  • retellings
  • childrens
  • feminism
  • middle grade
  • picture books
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Sometimes a feeling can be as true as fact."

-Jessie Burton, The Restless Girls

"They knew now that the dark was simply the beginning of new things. The dark was necessary."

-Jessie Burton, The Restless Girls

"The girls weren't alone in this: the world is full of children picking up their parents' crumbs."

-Jessie Burton, The Restless Girls

"Agnes discovered that both the imagined and the real worlds could be equally comforting, and that sometimes it was very hard to tell the difference."

-Jessie Burton, The Restless Girls

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21. All That It Ever Meant

By: Blessing Musariri

3.90

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Family, grief, ghosts, and a mystery: this clever and compelling young adult novel heralds a master… read more

Similar categories in Blessing Musariri's All That It Ever Meant book and Jessie Burton's The Restless Girls

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult

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David Almond

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